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History of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (4214 words) |
 | The Vedic civilization until the 1st millennium BCE spread over all of northern India, from the Punjab and the Gangetic plain to Bangladesh, so that with the beginning historical period of the Middle kingdoms, northern India was dominated by the Arya, while in the south Dravidian culture was prominent. |
| Gautama Buddha in the 6th or 5th century BCE was the founder of Buddhism, which later spread to East and Southeast Asia. |
| The Sunga dynasty was established in 185 BCE, about 50 years after Ashoka's death, when the king Brihadratha, the last of the Mauryan rulers, was brutally murdered by the then commander-in-chief of the Mauryan armed forces, Pusyamitra Sunga, while he was taking the Guard of Honour of his forces. |
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